The Washington Redskins name...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It iwll be changed, Snyder has trademarked Washington Warriors and domain names. It is still to be determined if they will move back into DC but right now N. Va is the front runner. They have discussed land swaps and are still trying to get the area where RFK is but the fools at Langston Golf Course don't want the course changed even though thtey were offered to have the entire thing renovated and updated to a first class facility. With the Armory set to come down, there might be ample space to get a new stadium in there wihtout messing withthe golf cours.e

They will not stay at Fed Ex for the end of the lease which is 2020.

And you know all of this how?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've lived here most of my life too (in my 40s) and I am now a believer that the name MUST be changed. It really has to change. At least two sports journalists are now boycotting use of the 'R' name in their articles and I believe it's a matter of time before others do, too.

What sports journalists?

[Anonymous]

FedEx field stadium was jus built - 1997 - and it is tme to abandon it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FedEx field stadium was jus built - 1997 - and it is tme to abandon it?

Why would they have to abandon the stadium entirely, if they rename the team something that isn't offensive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FedEx field stadium was jus built - 1997 - and it is tme to abandon it?

Why would they have to abandon the stadium entirely, if they rename the team something that isn't offensive?

Someone mentioned the team moving to a new/better stadium.


If they want to keep the R, they could be Washington's Regiment. The Warriors is a bit lame to me. I assume they would not use a Native American warrior as their symbol.

[Anonymous]

If they want a name similar to the Redskins, they should change their name to the Red Skinned Potatoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they want a name similar to the Redskins, they should change their name to the Red Skinned Potatoes.

Racist potatoes?
Maybe we need to change the name of the potatoes lest we offend someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've lived here most of my life too (in my 40s) and I am now a believer that the name MUST be changed. It really has to change. At least two sports journalists are now boycotting use of the 'R' name in their articles and I believe it's a matter of time before others do, too.

What sports journalists?

Gregg Easterbrook at ESPN's page 2, for one.

[Anonymous]

Indians don't call themselves Native-Americans anymore than blacks call themselves African-Americans, or for that matter any other ethnic group calling themselves such and such hyphenated Americans as well.

Calling people hyphenated Americans is just creation and a manifestation of white guilt.

And you would know, right, white PP?

You're right in one respect--I don't know anyone who uses hyphens. But I have plenty of African American friends, and plenty of Indian American friends and family (south Asian, that is), who use those terms. I've met a few Native Americans who called themselves that.

Your confident assertion that no one uses these appellations suggests to me that you don't know any of them. And that you don't have any idea what you're talking about, but you like asserting that you're right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FedEx field stadium was jus built - 1997 - and it is tme to abandon it?

Why would they have to abandon the stadium entirely, if they rename the team something that isn't offensive?

Two different topics. They're talking about moving to a new stadium because Fedex Field, though recent, is pretty much a pit. Gotta have something shinier and more luxurious, you know?

But since there's talking of moving stadiums, some of the talk is of coming back into D.C. And D.C. would likely have something to say about the name, trying to leverage the situation to force a change.

Though as the recent WalMart Wage Act situation shows, money talks at least as loudly as principle in DC. So nothing's certain. Just a bunch of folks talking.

[Anonymous]

How about the Washington Jackasses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I'm the descendent of Vikings, and I'm starting a campaing to make them change their name too.

Yes, we descendants of the Vikings have experienced great discrimination in our lives.

[Anonymous]

But since there's talking of moving stadiums, some of the talk is of coming back into D.C. And D.C. would likely have something to say about the name, trying to leverage the situation to force a change.

If there is actually an effort to leave the current stadium, DC, Maryland and Virginia officials will all be licking Daniel Snyder's boots to get him to choose their jurisdiction in which to build another one. You have no idea how this stuff works if you think DC will be like, "Well, Danny, you can move the team back here if you want, but we gotta talk about that team name first..."